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EUROPE- Leading a consortium of top industry and research partners working in the blue economy sector, the Submariner Network recently launched a major innovation project to develop, test and scale up new sustainable products from algae. The AlgaeProBANOS project will be funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme and will span four years, with a budget of over €12…
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KENYA – The government of Kenya has devoted KES 1.1 billion US$8M) for the electrification of the Galana-Kulalu Irrigation Scheme as it moves to make the national food security project more attractive to investors. The grant follows a fresh attempt to revive the multi-billion-dollar irrigation scheme in a bid to achieve national food security. According to Business Daily, the new…
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AUSTRALIA- Cooperative Bulk Handling Ltd. (CBH Group), Australia’s largest grain exporter, has signed a collaborative agreement with Universal Biosecurity Ltd. (UBL), to co-develop ethyl formate solutions for sustainable and cost-effective pest control intended for use within the CBH Group supply chain. UBL developed its patented ethyl formate-based Fume 8 technology as a cost-effective time-saving solution to current widely used fumigation…
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SWITZERLAND – Nestlé’s Cereal Partners Worldwide (CPW) has released its net zero roadmap which reveals its aim to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050, according to Food Business News. According to CPW, the roadmap comes from an external consulting firm called Quantis in 2018, which took note of the total emissions across CPW. The audit…
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ETHIOPIA – Ethiopia and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have signed a grant agreement of US$106.4 million for the implementation of the participatory Agriculture and Climate Transformation (PACT) program in the country. According to Ethiopia News Agency, Ahmed Shide, the Minister of Finance, and Sara Mbango-Bhunu the IFAD Regional Director of the Eastern and Southern Africa Division, signed the…
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DENMARK- Biosolutions provider, Novozymes, has launched Novamyl BestBite, a new enzyme aimed at improving baked products’ texture and shelf life, reducing food waste, and limiting the use of added sugar in bread. This product has been in development for the last three years and is the latest addition to the Novamyl range, which targets food waste reduction in baking processes. …
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USA- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has invested more than US$46 million in the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program, which continues to fund farmer-driven grants and grassroots education programs for almost four decades. Since its authorization in the 1990 Farm Bill, SARE keeps supporting farmers in four regions (North Central, Northeast, South, and West), with each regional…
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USA- A team of scientists from the University of California- Davis and Berkeley- are embarking on a US$70m donor-funded initiative to block methane emissions from cattle using CRISPR tools on microbes in the cows’ gut. The initiative “Engineering the Microbiome with CRISPR to Improve our Climate and Health,” is the largest financing effort by TED’s Audacious Project, awarded to the Innovative Genomics…
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NETHERLANDS- Corbion, an Amsterdam-based food and biochemicals company, plans to expand the utilization of its algae-based omega-3 product, AlgaPrime DHA, in pet nutrition, following successful utilization in aquaculture. With a considerable focus on the premiumization of pet food, the industry has experienced an increased demand for quality inputs for pet food production. Polyunsaturated omega-3 fatty acids, such as DHA (docosahexaenoic…
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USA- The US Grains Council (USGC) has released a handbook for new high-protein corn co-products from the ethanol industry in the United States and used in the feed industry. Corn distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) are a unique feed ingredient that is an excellent, abundant, and economical source of energy, protein, and phosphorus in diets for all animals while…
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